Re: Style questions: variable in echo, preparing sql queries

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Chris Lott wrote: > Two questions about style: > > 1) echo "PartID is $PartID"; > seems to work fine. Is there a reason that I see others use: > echo "PartID is " . $PartID; Personal preference. > 2) When querying a db, I see users who do something like: > $sql = "select foo from bar"; > $results = mysql_query("$sql") > Is there a reason not to just put the SQL code directly in the function: > $results=mysql_query("select foo from bar") ? What if the query changes? What if the query is no longer a static string? It's all about flexibility. And personal preference, of course. > c > -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>